Fabric-roll holder



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G. GRAHAM ET Ax.

FABRIC ROLL HOLDER Filed Feb. l0. 1.926

Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

lll-TE@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GRAHAM AND ADOLPI-I C. HELMUS, 0F DOUGLASTON, NEW YORK.

FABRIC-ROLL HOLDER.

Application filed February The present invention relates to improvementsin fabric-roll holders, that is to say to forms or frames upon wiichfabrics are wound for storage purposes.

ln stores 'where cloth or fabrics are sold in the piece or in smallerquantities, the bolts are arranged in stacks. The purchasers frequentlyask for small samples, and it has been a general practice heretofore',`for this purpose, to remove the bolts from the stacks and out smallsamples from the free ends of the fabrics. lQuite some work is involvedinA this operation due to the fact that the required bolts may belocated at or near the bottoni of the stack. On the other hand, thefurnisl'iing of samples results in considerable loss to the merchantbecause that part of the free end of the cloth bolt from which thesample has been cut cannot be charged to a customer, it being mutilated,attention being called to the fact that usually a sample of a few inchesin width and length is cutfrom the free end of the cloth bolt, thelength of the sample not extending throughout the width of the cloth.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a casing-likeform or cloth holder, in which is slidably disposed a small receptacle,adapted to contain small samples of the cloth or fabric wound upon thesaid form, said receptacle being adapted to be withdrawn from the formor holder, thereby enabling the attendant to furnish samples to thepurchaser.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form or fabric holder ofthe character described which is simple in construction, eiiicient inoperation, ldurable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercialscale, or in other words one which is not so diliicult to make as to bebeyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and constructon of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated intheaccon'ipanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may bemade in the size and proportion of the severaly parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims, without tdepartingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention,

1G, 1926. Serial No. 87,365.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which lrigure 1 is a top plan view of afabric holder constructed in accordance with the present invention, partof its covering being broken away in order to more clearly show theinterior construction; Fig. is an end view thereof, showing the fabricwound thereon in dotted lines; F ig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 ofFig; 1, on a larger scale; Fig. l is a section taken on line el-t ofFig. l, also on a larger scale; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view, on alarger scale, of one of the corners of the holder. i

The form or holder comprises an oblong' frame, including twolongitudinal members 10, united at their ends by two transverse members11 and 12.y Transverse stays or braces 13 connect the longitudinalmembers, intermediate their ends. The longitudinal members 10 and thetransverse members l1 and 13 are, preferably, made of wood, while thetransverse member 12 is, preferably, made of metal, although this is notessential. The transverse member '12 is, in the case illustrated, in theform of a shell, including an end wall 14 and a continuous side wall 15,into which one end of each longitudinal member 10 is fitted. Theelements so far described may be united in any suitable manner, therebyforming an oblong frame. This frame is provided with a bottom member 16and a top member 17, preferably, made of cardboard, and the entire framemay be covered with some suitable fabric or paper, denoted by thenumeral 18, to give the form or holder a finished appearance. As appearsfrom the foregoing, the form or holder constitutes a casing, thelongitudinal edges of which are rounded, as shown at 19, to permit of aproper winding of the cloth or fabric thereon.

In the end wall 14 of the shell above referred tois provided an oblongopening 20, through which is adapted to be inserted into the form orholder a receptacle or drawer 21, comprising a front wall 22, adapted tolie in the plane of the end wall 14 of the transverse member 12, a sidewall 23, extending at right angles to the front wall 22, and anarc-shaped side wall 24, connecting the front wall 22 and the side wall23, all of said walls rising from a bottom 25. The drawer is fixed by apivot. pin 26 to the transverse member 12, where the latter joins one ofthe longitudinal members l0 of the frame. On the front wall 22 of Jhedrawer' is provided a knob 27, by which the said drawer may be swungaround its pivotpin 26. At the junction point or' the side walls 28 and2li of the drawer is provided an upwardly extending projection 2S, whichabuis against ,he inner face of the end wall leioi2 the transverseineinber i2 when Jdie drawer is shifted 'from ihe posicion shown in fulllines in Fig. i oi the drawings into Jdie position shown in dotted linesin said ligure, thereby limiting the ouward movement of the drawer.

fis appears from 2 oi' ehe drawings, rhe cloth or fabric 29 may be woundupon an d unwound 'iroin the 'forni or holder without interfering` withthe operation of the drawer 2l. into the drawer are placed small samplesof the cloth or Yfabric wounr. upon the forni or holder. The cloth boltsare stacked in a manner tha convenient acceas can be had -io Ji'he saiddrawers, so tha, when a sample is to be removed from a drawer in any oneof the forins or holders, this can be done wifchouJ removing; Jche bolto cloth from the stack. Should a pureh: ser desire to examine the cloth,*che respective bolt is removed from the stack ior this rpurpose. Asample can then be withdrawn by taking hold oi the knob 27 on Jhe draver and shifting' the lacfer around the pivot pin 26 inl'o the positionshown in dotied lines in Fin'. l of juhe drawings, whereb7 access can behad to the samples in said drawer. After the sample has been removed,the drawer is shifted into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, inv which the side wall 23 of the drawer abuts againsiIone of the longitudinal iframe members l0.

What we claini is:

1. A. cloth forni comprising an oblong cas" ing-shaped frame provided inone of its end walls with an opening, a drawer adapted to be insertedthrough said opening into said frame including a bottoni 'from whichrises a fiat iront wall, a fiat side wall exending1 at right angles tosaid fiat front wall, and an arc-shaped side wall connecting' said fiatfront wall and said flat side wall, a pivoJ pin extending' through saiddrawer into said casing-ahmed frame, said pivot pin beine; disposed aithe junction poino of said iiat iront wall and said iiat side walladjaceniy to the opening in said casing-shaped ranie, said drawer beingadapted to be around said pivot pin and thereby adapied to be insertedinto and io be withdrawn from said i'ranie.

2. A cloth forni according` to claiin i, coniprising an upwardlyex'rending projection on said drawer at jhe junction poin of die sidewalls thereof, said projec-ion being` adapted to abut that end wall oiaaid casing-shaped iraine in which che opening is provided, therebylimiting the oulward movement oi: said drawer.

Signed at New York, in h e counfj; oi' New York, and State of New York,Jthis 4th day of February, AA D 1926A GEORGE GRAHAM. ADOLPH C. HELMUS.

